Authentic Food & Wine Tours, Cooking Classes in Puglia with locals

Are you planning to visit Puglia? Terrachevive.com will show you how to spend your time enjoying the best food and wine tours, cooking classes of Apulian recipes. Experience Apulia in the most authentic way with locals.
We’ll show you the most tasty side of our region, bringing you to the places where typical products are made.
Choosing our cooking classes, you will cook with your hands and learn processes and secrets of many traditional recipes. With the help of experienced cooks, in suggestive and characteristic locations, you will taste local dishes as soon as they are made.
Come here and enjoy Apulia in the most authentic way with us. Nature, culture and excellent food are waiting for you!

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Food & wine tours, cooking classes in Puglia: authentic experiences with locals

Puglia offers a huge selection of food and wine experiences to be lived in Salento, Valle d’Itria and Gargano areas. A large territory with many typical and high quality culinary specialties.
Choose the food and wine experience that best reflects your tastes or ask for advice on which could best suit your needs.
As people born and raised in Puglia, we will give you the proper information. Choose what you’d like to do, we’ll take care of the rest!

Bread

Cheese factories

Olive oil mills

Wineries

Cooking classes

Homemade pasta

Italian pizza

Mozzarella & burrata

OUR GUESTS’ WORDS

  • Very nice we enjoyed it

    Liat Berelowitz Avatar Liat Berelowitz
    June 14, 2023

    We had an amazing time at the pasta making and tasting session. We brought our 3 children (ages 2, 4, and 7) and everyone was so welcoming. Marco was kind and knowledgeable! All of us enjoyed seeing the farm animals, making various types of pasta, and watching fresh cheese made. The tasting menu was one of the best meals we had during our time in Italy. The entire experience was a highlight of our time in Puglia, and we would highly recommend it (and hope to do it again)!

    Rachael Cowherd Avatar Rachael Cowherd
    August 1, 2022

    Very well organised tour of a small working farm in the heart of the Trulli area (some of the farm building are themselves Trulli). Marco was an excellent organiser and host. He greeted everyone who arrived at the farm for the group tour, then provided an interesting tour of the farm detailing the history of the local area, the farm itself, and the Trulli. The farm highlight was the cheese making, performed by highly experienced local workers who made it in front of the group by hand. Eating the freshly made, still warm burrata & pure mozzarella was quite different from the store bought refrigerated experience. The finale was lunch provided by the farm (served with a good amount of wine). The cold cuts of meat and cheese were the highlight of the meal. We opted for the option which included a seasonal first course which was probably too much food in the end due to the heat, but depends on your appetite. Overall a stellar tour, and top marks for Marco as the guide.

    Max Hyde Avatar Max Hyde
    August 19, 2022
  • Esperienza super consigliata!!! Eravamo un gruppo di amiche per un addio al nubilato e ci siamo divertite tantissimo con l’host e imparato a fare le orecchiette, cavatelli e strascinati. Esperienza assolutamente da ripetere, la Puglia è un luogo da visitare e vivere sicuramente di nuovo

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    Michela Sablone Avatar Michela Sablone
    June 14, 2023

    we had a great time with Marco at Masseria Le Pianelle during our “dairyman for a day” cheese making experience. the farm is in a stunning area and we loved our tour of the farm and learning about its operation. but the best part was learning how to make mozzarella with the charming, kind, generous and funny young cheese,asker, Umberto. he was patient with our clumsy attempts, and the finished products: fior di latte, nodini, stracciatella, and burrata were delicious. this was followed by tasting of other local products, all produced at the farm, which made a lovely lunch (plus we took the leftovers of our very generous spread to enjoy in later meals at our lodgings). Marco is knowledgeable, professional and personable —we highly recommend booking one of the experiences that he offers!

    Adele Miller Avatar Adele Miller
    May 21, 2024

    This was an excellent experience! We toured the farm first, met the cheese maker, and then made the cheese! Cheese making is an art and quite the process! We later lunched on the cheese we made , accompanied by wine and locally made deli meats. A fine experience and worth doing. We would do it again!

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    mara urso Avatar mara urso
    July 7, 2023
  • Our tour guide was Marco and we had a cheese tasting experience at a masseria. The place was very interesting, we learned how the owners of the estate farm, the sustainable animal husbandry that takes place there was nice. The best part was the cheese manufacture, where we had a glimpse about the making of soft italian cheese and we could taste the cheese which was made a few second ago. It was sure an authentic experience. Marco speaks english well and understandable and he answered all our questions during the tour. The selected program contained a tasting after the tour which was actually a full lunch, we could hardly get up from the table :D I only feel sorry that we didn't have time for another experience with Terra Che Vive, but next time! Egy sajtkóstolóra foglaltunk helyet egy birtokra. Az előadás is érdekes volt és szimpatikus volt a farm fenntartható állattartása. Miután Marco körbevezetett minket a birtokon, a sajtműhelyben megnézhettük, hogy hogyan készítik a lágy olasz sajtokat, majd azonnal meg is kóstolhattuk a kész terméket. Ez nem egy megrendezett program volt, ez egy tényleg működő üzem, ahol minden nap munka folyik. A program része volt egy kóstoló is, ami valójában egy többfogásos ebédnek felelt meg, a helyben készült húsokat, sajtokat, zöldségeket kóstolhattuk meg. Marco jól és érthetően beszél angolul és minden kérdésünkre tudott válaszolni. Nagyon ajánlom mindenkinek, aki tényleg autentikus élményeket szeretne szerezni. Ha legközelebb a környéken járunk, biztosan újra őket keressük meg.

    Tímea Girgás Avatar Tímea Girgás
    March 23, 2023

    Marco organised two experiences for us while in Puglia - both were amazing! First we took a boat tour in Polignano al Mare, which was relaxing and beautiful. Second we did a pasta making class with lunch in a trulli near Martina Franca - which was great fun and very personal. Marco was very easy to communicate with from start to finish and has such wonderful experiences on offer. He is definitely a true professional and is passionate about providing authentic, local experiences. We highly recommend Marco and his company, Terra Che Vive!

    Rebecca Jackson Avatar Rebecca Jackson
    October 22, 2022


    Passeggiata di due ore su cavallo. A partire dalla prenotazione fino alla fine dell'esperienza abbiamo ricevuto un servizio eccellente, comunicazione ed elasticità nel fornire l'esperienza di livello altissimo. La professionalità, la velocità e la gentilezza di Marco hanno reso l'organizzazione dell'esperienza assolutamente immediata. Arrivati al maneggio il titolare ci ha spiegato perfettamente cosa avremmo fatto. Segue una passeggiata bellissima in uliveti, campagna e in riva al mare. Ti insegnano le basi per portare il cavallo e fare in modo che tu ti senta in sintonia con lui. I cavalli sono dolcissimi, super puliti e regalano un'esperienza assolutamente piacevole. Lo consiglio a tutti e consiglio anche di affidarsi totalmente a "Terra Che Vive" per avere un servizio impeccabile.

    Francesco Latorre Avatar Francesco Latorre
    June 8, 2022

Our guest's words

  • A wonderful morning at the farm, enjoyed seeing the animals, the cheese making, and the tasting session – no need for lunch that day ! Marco was a great guide, very informative, will recommend our family to return.

    Steven H.
    UK
  • It was a great way to understand how wine is made and to taste it! Marco was even fluent in German!
    Many thanks for the great experience!

    Laura A.
    Germany
  • A spectacular morning in Puglia! Making cheese in the dairy, preparing pasta and bread with Grandma in the kitchen, touring the farm, and then a veritable feast for lunch. A must do experience!

    Laura and Rory
    USA
  • Best thing I have ever done on vacation! Interesting, educational, exciting, fun! And so good tasting…You were all so friendly and welcoming.

    Annbritt
  • Everything was wonderful from the moment I contacted Marco until we left the shop. This was a fantastic experience and great beginning to our trip!

    Christina C.
  • An amazing experience on a great location. The host was superb, the visit interesting and cool and the tasting…out of this world! Great way to spend some hours in our Puglia vacation.

    Valeer V.
    Belgium
  • We loved every minute of this experience. Tour was very interesting, even kids enjoyed it. Food was super abundant, fresh and tasteful. Highly recommend.

    Annice M.
    UK
  • We thoroughly enjoyed our visit! The guide was excellent ! We were surprised and appreciative of the olive oil samples we received. This experience was the highlight of our day!

    Diane H.
    Canada
  • The tour was very infomative and Rosaria and her husband were great hosts. We could tell how passionate both are about the masseria and the production of their olive oil. I would definitely recommed the tour. It was a very lovely experience.

    Sabine T.
    Germany
  • We had the most amazing day. Everyone who we met was incredibly nice and welcoming. They gave us a really great tour of the farm and not only that but the mozzarella is delicious! Would highly recommend and thank you so much!

    Olivia S.
    New Zeland
  • Marco and his team were fantastic, my family is friends switzerland and australia and the Italian pasta making experience was wonderful. Nonna was amazing and the food was delicious. Highly recommend if you want an authentic experience.

    Kristel
    Australia

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